WASHINGTON - Imwe chitima cheMetro charovera kumashure kwechimwe panzvimbo yakakwirira yeguta guru remuvhuro manheru, ndokuuraya vanhu vanosvika vatanhatu nekukuvadza vamwe vakawanda sezvo mota dzechitima chaitevera dzakarovera nechisimba mudenga ndokuwira pamusoro pekutanga. .

Mota dzezvitima zviri zviviri dzakavhurwa ndokupwanywa pamwe chete, uye mutauriri wemoto weDistrict of Columbia, Alan Etter, akati vashandi vaifanira kubvisa vamwe vanhu kubva pane chaakatsanangura se "chiitiko chevanhu vazhinji." Vashandi vekununura vakasimudza manera esimbi kusvika kumota dzechitima dzepamusoro kuti vabatsire vakapukunyuka kutiza. Zvigaro zvemota dzakapwanyirwa zvainge zvateukira munjanji.

Meya weDC Adrian Fenty akati vatanhatu vafa. Mukuru weMoto Dennis Rubin akati vashandi vekununura vakabata vanhu makumi manomwe panzvimbo iyi uye vakatumira vamwe vavo kuzvipatara zveko, vaviri vane kukuvara kwehupenyu. Mumwe mukuru weMetro akati vakafa vaisanganisira mukadzi aifambisa chitima chaitevera. Zita rake harina kuburitswa pakarepo.

Tsaona iyi kuma 5 pm EDT yakaitika pamutsetse mutsvuku wehurongwa, Metro inonyanya kubatikana, inomhanya pasi pevhu kwenguva yakareba asi iri padanho repasi panzvimbo yetsaona pedyo nemuganhu weMaryland kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweWashington.

Mukuru weMetro John Catoe akati chitima chekutanga chakamiswa munjanji, chichimirira kuti chimwe chibvise chiteshi chiri mberi, apo chitima chaitevera chakarovera machiri kubva kumashure. Chitima chimwe nechimwe chaiva nemotokari nhanhatu uye chaikwanisa kutakura vanhu vanosvika 1,200 XNUMX.

Vakuru vakuru vakanga vasina tsananguro yetsaona iyi. National Transportation Safety Board yakatarisira kuferefeta uye yakatumira boka kunzvimbo yetsaona yakaipisisa munhoroondo yemakore 33 yeMetro system.

Vanopisa moto vanopfuura mazana maviri kubva kuDC, Maryland neVirginia vakazosangana panzvimbo iyi. Sabrina Webber, ane makore makumi mana nemashanu ekuberekwa anogara munharaunda iyi, akati vanunuri vekutanga kusvika vaifanira kushandisa "shaya dzehupenyu" kuvhura fenzi yewaya parutivi rwenjanji kuti vasvike kuchitima.

Webber akamhanyira panzvimbo iyi mushure mekunzwa ruzha rwakaita se "kutinhira kwebhanan'ana" uyezve masairini. Akati pakanga pasina kuvhunduka pakati pevakasara.

Mupfuuri Jodie Wickett, mukoti, akaudza CNN kuti akange akagara pachitima chimwe chete, achitumira mameseji pafoni yake, paakanzwa kukanganiswa. Akataura kuti akatumira meseji kune mumwe munhu ainzwa kunge chitima charova bhutu.

"Kubva panguva iyoyo, zvakaitika nekukurumidza, ndakabhururuka kubva pachigaro ndokurova musoro wangu." Wickett akati akagara panzvimbo iyi uye akaedza kubatsira. Iye akati "vanhu vangori muchimiro chakashata."

"Vanhu vakakuvara, avo vaigona kutaura, vanga vachifona sezvatakadaidzira kwavari," akadaro. "Vanhu vazhinji vakagumbuka uye vachichema, asi pakanga pasina mhere mhere."

Mumwe murume akati akanga achichovha bhasikoro achiyambuka zambuko pamusoro penjanji dzeMetro apo ruzha rwokubondera kwakamuita kuti ateerere.

"Handina kuona kuvhunduka," Barry Mudzidzi akadaro. "Mamiriro ezvinhu ese anga ari surreal."

Mutauriri wedhipatimendi reHomeland Security, Amy Kudwa, akati pasati papera maawa maviri mushure mekuparara kwehurumende, hurumende haina chiratidzo chekuti kune chekuita nehugandanga.

“Handizivi chikonzero chetsaona iyi,” Metro’s Catoe akadaro. "Ndichiri kutaura kuti system yacho yakachengeteka, asi tine chiitiko."

Imwe nguva imwe chete munhoroondo yemakore makumi matatu nematatu yeMetrorail pakaitika kufa kwevatyairi waiva musi waNdira 33, 13, pakafa vanhu vatatu nekuda kwekuparara kwenzira mukati medhorobha. Iro rakanga riri zuva renjodzi muguta guru - nguva pfupi mutsaona yepasi pevhu isati yasvika, ndege yeAir Florida yakarova 1982th Street Bridge ichangosimuka mudutu rechando rakasimba kubva kuWashington National Airport mhiri kweRwizi rwePotomac. Tsaona yendege yakauraya vanhu makumi manomwe nevasere.